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PRESIDENT  AND  OTHER  OFFICERS 


Cincinnati,  Cnmb'd  Gap  and  Ufearleston 


RAILROAD  COMPANY 


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.  PRESIDENT'S  REPORT. 


OFFICE  C,  C.  G.  AND  C.  RAILROAD  COMPANY,     T 
Morrtstown,  Tenn.,  May  15th,  1867. } 

To  the  Stockholders  of  the  Company  : 

It  is  my  duty  as  President  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors of  your" Company,  and  in  their  behalf  to  submit 
to  you  the  following  report  of  the  operation  of  the 
Company  to  this  date ; 

It  is   known  to  you  that  the    last  meeting  of  the 
Stockholders,  previous  to  this,  was  held  on  the  3d  day 
of  May,  1861,  at  the  office  of  the   Company  in  Mor- 
ristown.     Owing  to  the   existence  of  the  war  at  that 
time,  which  continued  for  a  long  period,  and  the  almost 
entire   suspention  of  all  the  ordinary  business   of  the 
country,   and   the  presence    of   hostile   armies  in  our 
midst,  that  no  attempt  was   made  to  hold  a  meeting  of 
the  Stockholders  for  the  election  of  Directors,  or  for 
the  transaction  of  any  other  business  connected  w7ith 
interest  of  the  Company  down  to  the  present  meeting. 
At  the  time  of  your  last  meeting  your  road  was  in 
rapid  progress  of  construction  under  a  contract  which 
had  been  entered  into  with  Messrs.  J.W.  Patton  &  Co., 
of   North   Carolina ;    gentlemen  of  large  means,   un- 
doubted  credit,  and    great    experience    as    Railroad 
builders,  who  had  entered  into  a  contract  most  auspi- 
O      cious  and  favorable  to  the  Company,  and  under  which 
J3      they  were  pressing  the  work  with  a  large  force  of  hands 

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4  KEl'ORT. 

and  ample  means  to  insure -an  early  completion  t)f  the 
southern  end  of  your  road  to  the  North  Carolina  line, 
to  which  part  of  your  road  their  contract  was  confined, 
and  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  they  would  have  com- 
pleted the  same  in  the  time  prescribed  by  their  contract 
had  it  not  been  for  the  disaster?  of  the  war. 

At  the  time  this  contract  was  entered  into,  the 
contractors,  J.  TV.  Pattou  &  Co.,  executed  a  bond  with 
ample  and  undoubted  security  for  the  faithful  perform- 
ance of  the  contract,  and  win  eh  bond  together  with  the 
original  contract  is  on  file  with  the  Secretary  of  your 
Company. 

The  contractors  continued  their  work  until  the  spring 
of  the  year  1 8 G 2 ,  at  which  time  they  had  graded  and 
had  ready  for  the  iron  rails  that  part  of  yourlii  e  from 
Morristown  to  French  Broad  River,  had  the  cross-ties 
and  bridge  timbers  ready  on  We  line  to  be  put  down. 
Tne  bridge  over  Long  Creek  was  completed  in  a  most 
substantial  and  durable  manner.  The  masonry  for  the 
bridge  over  the  French  Broad  River  was  finished.  The 
road  bed  from  French  Broad  River  to  the  Pigeon  was 
nearly  leady  for  the  iron.  A  large  amount  of  the  ma- 
sonry on  that  part  of  the  line  was  completed,  and  a 
considerable  amount  of  work  was  done  beyond  Pigeon 
toward  the  North  Carolina  line,  and  the  prospect  then 
was  most  favorable  for  an  early  completion  of  the  line 
from  Morris  town  to  the  North  Carolina  line,  when  in 
April  or  May,  18G2,  the  contractors  believing  that  they 
could  not  continue  the  work  under  the  circumstances 
then  existing  in  the  country,  withdrew  their  hands 
from  the  road  and  suspended  all  operations  on  the  line. 
The  contractors  having  abandoned  the  work,  the 
Uoard  of  Directors,  by  a  resolution,  adopted  on  the 
12th  day  of  June,  18G2,  determined  to  suspend  all 
further  operations  for  the  time  being. 

From  that  time  down  to  the  year  1SG0,  a  period  of 
more  than  four  years,  ail  attempts  to  prosecute  the 
work  was  abandoned.     In  the  meantime  the  work  done 


4W 


REPORT.  '  9 

on  tho  line  Lad  sustained  great  damage  and  loss.  The 
cross-ties  and  timber  on  the  line  from  Morristown  to 
the  French  Broad  River  were  almost  entirely  destroyed, 
in  addition  to  the  natural  and  inevitable  decay  inci- 
dent to  such  a  length  of  time,  a  large  number  of  the 
ties  had  been  burned  up  and  hauled  off,  the  bridge  over 
Long  Creek  had  been  torn  down,  the  iron  hauled  off 
and  the  timber  burned  up  and  destroyed.  A  large 
amount  of  the  timber  for  the  bridge  over  French 
Broad  River  had  been  carried  off,  the  road  had  also 
sustained  injury  from  the  effects  of  freshets  and  other 
■causes. 

The  section  of  your  road  from  Morristown  to 
French  Broad  River  was  ready  for  the  iron  rails  on  the 
9th  day  of  May,  18.62,  and  evidence  of  that  fact  as  re- 
quired by  law,  was  furnished  to  the  Governor  of  the 
State,  and  application  for  the  Iron  Bonds  to  which  the 
Cmryiany  was  entitled  by  existing  laws  was  then  made, 
but  the  bonds  of  the  State  was  not  obtained. 

The  only  aid  received  by  your  Company  up  to  the 
time  of  the  suspension  of  the  work  in  1802,  from  the 
State  was  tho  sum  of  of  $132,000  in  Bonds,  being  the 
surplus  of  the  appropriation  for  the  bridges  over  the 
Holston  and  Clinch  rivers,  which  was  paid  to  Messrs., 
J.  W.  Patton  &  Co.  on  their  contract. 

Thus  stood  the  affairs  of  the  Company,  when  in  the 
month  of  February,  1866,  it  was 'determined  to  call  a 
Meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  and  to  address  a 
ineamrial  to  the  Legislature  of  the  State,  then  in  ses- 
sion, for  additional-  aid.  The  Legislature  had  with 
commendable  liberality  and  wise  statesmanship,  in  the 
month  of  January,  1806,  passed  an  act  granting  addi- 
tional aid  to  the  various  Railroad  Companies  in  the 
State  by  a  loan  of  the  credit  of  the  State,  to  enable 
them  to  [tut  their  roads  again  in  operation.  The  Board. 
of  Directors  of  your  Company  believing  that  your  line 
had  claims  on  the  State  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  any 
other  lino  in  East  Tennessee,  dispatched  My.  Robert 


6  REPORT. 

H.  Armstrong,  as  an  agent,  to  Nashviille,  and  ad- 
dressed a  memorial  to  the  Legislature,  asking  for  a 
loan  of  the  credit  of  the  State  to  your  Company. — 
Through  the  zeal  and  efficiency  of  Maj  Armstrong, 
and  the  enlightened  and  patriotic  liberality  of  the 
Legislature,  an  act  was  passed  ou  the  22d  day  of  May, 
1866,  loaning  the  credit  of  the  State  to  your  Company 
to  the  extent  of  ($100,000)" one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars, on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  that  similar 
loans  had  been  made  to  other  Companies. 

Upon  the  passage  of  this  act  it  was  determined  by 
the  Board  of  Directors  to  take  immediate  steps  to  re- 
vive the  work  on  the  line  and  press  the  same  to  com- 
pletion so  far  as  the  means  at  the  command  of  the 
Company  would  allow. 

Accordingly,  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, held  on  the  loth  day  of  June,  1866,  it  was  de- 
termined to  recall  Maj.  E.  C.  McCalla,  the  Chiefc  En- 
gineer of  your  road.  He  was  notified  of  the  action  of 
the  Board,  and  signified  his  willingness  to  resume  the 
duties  of  his  office.  It  was  deemed  important  to  con- 
tinue the  services  of  Maj.  McCalla,  from  several  con- 
siderations, among  others,  the  fact  of  his  previous  con- 
nection with  the  work — his  thorough  acquaintance  with 
the  line — his  zeal  and  efficiency,  as  well  as  his  emi- 
nent qualifications  and  fitness  for  the  faithful  discharge 
of  the  duties  of  his?  office. 

At  the  same  meeting  a  resolution  was  adopted  to 
notify  the  surviving  partners  of  the  firm  of  J.  W.  Pat- 
ton  &  Co.,  that  they  were  required  to  resume  the  work 
under  the  provisions  of  their  contract  of  6th  Septem- 
ber, 1860,  and  notice  was  accordingly  given  to  them. 

On  the  12th  day  of  July,  1S66,  the  Board  received 
notice  from  the  surviving  partners  of  the  firm  of  J.  W, 
Patton  &  Co. ,:  that  they  would  not  resume  work  on  the 
road  under  their  contract  of  6th  September,  1860, 
when  accordingly  a  resolution  was  adopted  by  the 
Board,  directing  the  Chief  Engineer.  R.  C.  McCalla,  to 


REPORT,  /  . 

proceed  at  once  to  build  the  road  under  the  contract 
of  J.  W.  Patton  &  Co.,  as  provided  for  in  the  following 
extract  from  the  original  contract  with  them,  viz  : 

"And  if  at  any  time  the  parties  of  the  first  part  shall,  refuse'or  neg- 
lect to  prosecute  with  a  force  sufficient,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Chief  En- 
gineer, for  its  completion  within  the  time  specified  in  this  agreement,  then 
and  iu  that  case,  the  Engineer  in  charge,  or  such  other  agent  as  the  En- 
gineer may  designate,  may  proceed  to  employ  such  a  number  of  work- 
men, labourers  and  overseers  as  may  iu  the  opinion  of.  the  Chief  Engi- 
neer, he  necessary  to  insure  the  completion  of  the  work  within  the  time 
hereinafter  mentioned,  at  such  wages  as  ho  may  find  it  necessary  or  ex- 
pedient to  give,  pay  all  persons  so  employed  and  charge  over  the  amount 
so  paid  to  the  party  of  the  first  part,  as  so  much  money  paid  to  the  said 
party  of  the  first  part  on  their  contract.1' 

The  Chief  Engineer  under  this  resolution,  of  the 
Board,  and  the  provisions  of  the  contract  of  said  J. 
W.  Patton  &  Co.,  above  referred  to,  has  proceeded  to 
employ  workmen,  hire  laborours  and  mechanics,  pur- 
chase materials  and  equipments  for  the  work — has  had 
the  cross-ties  replaced  from  Morristown  to  the  French 
Broad  River — has  had  the  bridges  on  the  line  rebuilt 
— purchased  iron  for  the  section  of  the  road  to  the 
river,  12i  miles — has  the  iron  laid  down  most  of  the 
distance,  and  it  is  believed  by  the  20th  instant.,  the 
track  will  be  completed  to  the  French  Broad  Raver. 

For  a  more  detailed  account  of  the  present  state  of 
the  work  on  your  road,  as  well  as  its  prospective  fu- 
ture, reference  is  made  to  the  Report  of  the  Engineer 
in  Chief,  presented  herewith. 

At  the  time  of  the  adoption  of  the  resolution  in- 
structing the  Engineer  in  Chief,  to  proceed  with  the 
work  on  the  12th  day  of  July,  1866,  Gen.  Alexander 
E.  Smith,  the  former  President  of  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, tendered  his  resignation,  which  was  accepted. 
General  Smith  has  been  connected  with  the  enterprise 
from  its  inception,  and  perhaps  as  much  is  due  to  him 
for  his  untiring  energy  and  industry  and  great  liberality 
on  behalf  of  this  work  as  any  other  one  man  connected 
with  the  Company,  and  it  was  with  profound  regret 
that  this  Board  felt  constrained  to  accept  his  resigna- 


5  REl'OBT. 

tion  of  the  Presidency,  as  an  act  of  justice  to  him, 
as  his  failing  health  and  advancing  age  required  some 
relaxation  from  the  labours  and  anxieties  of  public  po- 
sition. At  this  meeting  of  the  Board,  the  subscriber 
was  elected  to  the  Presidency  of  the  Board,  and  took 
upon  himself  the  duties  of  the  position,  and  has  been 
actively  engaged  in  the  labours  of  the  office  up  to  the 
present  time.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  charter  the 
vacancies  in  the  Board  were  supplied  by  the  election 
of  Hon.  A.  J.  Fletcher,  John  F.  Noe  and  Wm.  MeFar-* 
land. 

Since  the  resumption  of  the  work  on  your  road,  that 
part  of  the  line  frem  French  Broad  River  to  Pigeon 
River,  near  Newport,  a  distance  of  about  ten  miles  hnd 
been  thoroughly  repaired,  and  the  grading  finished 
ready  for  the  timbers,  the  cross-ties  contracted  for,  and 
principally  delivered  and  ready  to  be  laid  down  ;  unfor- 
tunately, in  the  month  of  March,  a  sudden  and  unprece- 
dented freshet  in  the  French  Broad  and  Pigeon  rivers, 
in  common  with  all  the  water  courses  in  East  Tennes- 
see, and  throughout  this  section  of  the  country,  swept 
away  a  large  number  of  cross-ties  on  that  part  of  the 
line,  and  to  some  extent,  though  not  very  seriously,  in- 
jured the  road  bed,  in  addition  to  which  the  masonry 
at  the  French  Broad  River,  was  to  a  great  extent,  swept 
away,  and  some  damage  done  to  the  masonry  at  the 
Pigeon  River.  This  misfortune  will  cause  some  delay 
in  the  construction  of  the  Bridge  over  the  French 
Broad  River,  as  it  has  become  necessary  to  rebuild  the 
piers  in  that  river,  as  well  as  the  abutments — which 
work  is  now  in  progress. 

This  great  flood,  without  any  previous  parallel  in  the 
history  of  the  country,  has  made  it  necessary,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Chief  Engineer,  to  raise  the  structure 
over  that  river  eight  feet  higher  than  was  contemplated, 
which  will  involve  a  very  considerable  additional  ex- 
pense. 

For  a  more  detailed  statement  of  the  work   and  its 


REPORT.  9 

present  condition  on  this  part  of  the  line  T  refer  to  the 
Report  of  the  Chief  Engineer  herewith  presented. 

In  addition  to  the  previous  liberal  provisions  of  the 
State  to  aid  this  Company  in  the  completion  of  the 
work,  it  is  my  pleasant  duty  to  inform  you  that  on  the 
10th  day  of  December,  I860,  that  body  passed  an  act 
loaning  you  the  credit  of  the  State  of  Tennessee  to 
the  extent  of  ($500,000)  five  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars. This  wise  liberality  on  the  part  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  Tennessee  to  aid  in  the  completion  of  this  great 
work,  fully  demonstrates  the  interest  manifested  in  the 
success  of  your  road,  and  its  vast  importance  to  the 
future  commercial,  agricultural,  manufacturing  and 
mineral  interests  of  East  Tennessee,  and  will  prove  a 
lasting  monument  to  the  intelligence  and  disinterested 
patriotism  of  the  Legislature  of  Tennessee  which  passed 
the  law,  and  will,  it  is  hoped,  secure  the  completion  of 
your  road. 

In  addition  to  this  act,  last  referred  to,  the  Legisla- 
ture, on  the  8th  day  of  March,  1867,  passed  an  addi- 
tional act  changing  the  scale  of  voting  in  elections  by 
the  Stockholders,  and  giving  to  each  Stockholder  one 
vote  for  each  share  of  stock  in  the  Company.  The 
Stockholders  will  be  called  upon  at  your  present  meet- 
ing to  take  action  in  reference  to  this  proposed  amend- 
ment to  }rour  Charter.  In  addition  to  this,  in  the  same 
act,  it  is  provided  that  the  Bonds  of  the  State  of  Ten- 
nessee shall  issue  to  this  Company,  for  the  bridge  ap- 
propriation over  the  Ilolston  River,  whenever  the 
track  shall  be  graded  from  Morristown  to  the  Ilolston 
River  and  ready  lor  the  timbers,  and  that  whenever 
that  section  of  your  road  from  Morristown  to  Bean's 
Station  shall  be  graded  and  ready  for  the  superstructure 
that  the  Bonds  of  the  State  issue  to  the  extent  of  ten 
thousand  dollars  per  mile  to  purchase  the  iron,  as  pro- 
vided for  by  existing  laws,  in  addition  to  all  of  which, 
it  is  further  provided,in  eaid  act,  that  in  estimating  the 
length  of  your  road  all  side  tracks,  switches,  etc.,  shall 


10  RErOilT. 

be  estimated,  a  provision,  perhaps,  more  liberal  than 
lias  ever  been  made  for  any  Railroad  Company  in  the 
State.  Under  the  provisions  of  these  various  acts  of 
the  Legislature  of  Tennessee,  since  my  election  to  the 
Presidency  of  the  Board,  I  have  received  from  the 
Governor  of  the  State  the  Bonds  of  the  State  as  fol- 
lows • 

Under  the  act  of  the  22d  of  May,  1866,  the  sum  of 
one  hundred  thousand  dollars,  under  the  General  Inter- 
nal Improvement  Law  of  the  State,  the  sum  of  one 
hundred  and  twenty-two  thousand  dollars,  for  the  pur- 
chase of  the  iron  to  lay  the  track  from  Morristown  to 
French  Broad  River,  and  also  the  further  sum  of  one 
hundred  thousand  dollars  for  the  purchase  of  the  iron 
to  lay  the  track  from  French  Broad  River  to  Pigeon, 
and  also  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  the  10th 
day  of  December,  1806,  the  further  sum  of  five  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars.  • 

For  a  detailed  statement  of  the  expenditures  made, 
and  the  means  of  the  Company  now  on  hand  and  avail- 
able, I  refer  you  to  the  Report  of  the  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  Company. 

On  the  23d  clay  of  November,  1806,  a  resolution 
was  adopted  to  appoint  a  Master  Machinist  for  the 
Company,  and  Major  E.  N.  Underwood  was  elected  to 
that  position. 

On  the  4th  of  January,  1867,  it  was  resolved  that  a 
Machine  Shop  should  be  erected  at  Morristown,  and  a 
Stationary  Engine  and  such  additional  machinery 
should  be  purchased,  as  would  enable  the  Company  to 
make  their  own  repairs  and  to  build  their  own  flat  and 
box  cars.  The  Company  having  the  frame  of  the 
requisite  buildings  already  erected  for  that  purpose, 
and  believing  as  the  Board  did,  that  sound  economy 
required  that  the  Company  should  take  steps  at  once 
to  make  their  own  repairs  and  build,  their  own  flat  and 
box  cars,  and  accordingly  the  Engine  and  necessary 
machinery  to  put  the  shop  in  successful  operation  at  an 


REPORT.  11 

early  day,  lias  been  purchased  under  the  direction  and 
with  the  advice  of  Major  E.  N.  Underwood,  Master 
Machinist.  For  a  more  detailed  account  of  this  branch 
of  the  business  of  your  Company,  I  refer  to  the  Re- 
port of  Major  E.  N.  Underwood. 

Your  Company  having  no  Locomotive  Engine  up  to 
that  time,  it  was  ordered  by  the  Board  at  their  meet- 
ing on  the  2d  day  of  March,  1867,  that  it  was  indis- 
pensable to  the  successful  prosecution  of  the  work, 
that  an  Engine  should  be  purchased  in  accordance  with 
the  order  of  the  Board.  We  have  contracted  for  a  first 
class  Engine  with  the  Rhode  Island  Locomotive 
Works,  and  which  it  is  expected  will  be  delivered  in  a 
very  few  clays.  The  Board  determined  to  buy  none 
but  first  class  Engines — and  to  buy  Engines  of  uni- 
form size  and  make.  Up  to  the  present  time  we  have 
an  Engine  and  such  fiats  as  were  indispensible  hired 
from  the  East  Tennessee  and  Virginia  Railroad  Com- 
pany. 

Negotiations  arc  now  pending  for  the  purchase  of 
the  iron  rails  for  the  track  from  French  Broad  River 
to  Pigeon,  and  it  is  hoped  that  a  satisfactory  contract 
will  be  closed  at  an  early  day,  and  the  iron  delivered 
promptly  for  that  portion  of  the  line. 

That  portion  of  the  line  from  Pigeon  River  to  the 
North  Carolina  line  has  been  resurveyed,  and  has  been 
let  to  contract  by  R.  C.  McCalla,  Chief'  Engineer  of 
the  Company,  on  terms  believed  to  be  favorable  to 
the  Company,  and  the  contractors  are  nowT  at  work, 
and  it  is  hoped  and  expected  that  the  grade  will  be 
completed  to  the  terminus  of  your  road  during  the 
present  year. 

By  a  resolution  of  the  Board  recently  adopted,  in 
reference  to  the  line  North  of  Morristown  to  Bean's 
Station,  it  was  made  the  duty  of  the  Engineer  to  re- 
survey  the  line  and  locate  the  same,  with  a  view  to  let 
that  part  of  the  line  north  of  Morristown  to  Bean's 
Station  to  contract  at  an  early  day. 


12  REPORT: 

Owing  to  the  great  freshet  and  other  causes  over 
which  the  Engineer  had  no  control,  the  survey  was  not 
commenced  at  as  early  a  day  as  was  expected,  but  a 
corps  of  Engineers  is  now  on  that  part  of  the  line,  and 
will  proceed  at  once  to  complete  the  survey  as  far  as 
Bean's  Station,  and  at  an  early  day  that  part  of  your 
road  will  be  ready  to  let  to  contract- 
Notwithstanding  the  great  liberality,  and  the  ample 
provision  made  by  the  Legislature  of  Tennessee  to  aid 
you  in  building  your  road,  I  deem  it  my  duty  to  call 
the  attention  of  the  Stockholders  and  all  other  friends 
of  this  great  enterprise,  to  the  importance  of  obtaining 
additional  subscribtions  to  the  stock  of  the  Company, 
both  on  the  part  of  individuals  and  counties.  Owing 
to  the  largely  increased  cost  of  iron  and  all  material 
connected  with  railroad  building — the  high  price  of  la- 
bour and  provisions — in  short,  the  great  increase  in  the 
cost  of  every  thing  connected  with  the  building  of  a 
railroad,  what  would  have  been  deemed  more  than  suf- 
ficient to  complete  the  road  previous  to  the  war,  will 
prove  inadequate  to  that  end  now.  Your  Company 
has  sustained  heavy  losses  in  the  loss  and  destruction 
of  timber  and  material,  in  interest  and  costs,  in  the 
loss  and  damage  occasioned  by  the  recent  great  flood, 
and  from  other  causes  over  which  the  Company  had  no 
control.  They  have  now,  not  only  to  build  the  road 
at  largely  increased  cost — they  have  depots  to  erect — 
they  have  to  provide  for  a  heavy  interest  account  and 
numerous  other  items  of  expense  to  meet,  aside  from 
the  actual  necessities  of  the  Company  for  additional 
means  to  carry  on  the  work.  It  is  submitted  to  the 
people  of  East  Tennessee,  that  this  is  a  great  public 
enterprise,  in  which  the  citizens  in  their  individual  ca- 
pacity, as  well  as  their  public  relations  as  counties,  are 
deeply  and  vitally  interested.  It  may  be  safely  as- 
sumed that  no  enterprise  projected  in  our  day,  or  likely 
to  be  projected,  promises  more  auspicious  results  to  the 
future  prosperity  and  happiness  of  the  people  of  East 


REPORT.  IS 

Tennessee  than  this .  Its  northern  connections  extend- 
ing to  the  Ohio  River,  and  to  the  great  center  of  trade 
and  wealth  in  the  northwest,  will  afford  us  direct  com- 
munication by  the  shortest  line  that  can  be  built  to 
the  ffucat  commercial  centers  and  the  vast  and  unbound- 
ed  resources  of  the  northwest.  Its  southern  termini 
reaching  the  sea  at  Charleston,  Beaufort  and  Wilming- 
ton, affords  us  direct  communication  with  the  whole 
commercial  world  abroad,  by  the  shortest,  cheapest  and 
most  direct  line  that  can  be  built,  and  by  a  great  natu- 
ral line,  without  a  possibility  of  a  rival,  passing  through 
East  Tennessee,  situated  midway  between  the  regions 
of  the  cold,  frozen  North  and  the  scorching  heats  of 
the  South,  with  a  climate  mild,  heathful  and  a  large 
part  of  the  year  as  balmy  as  that  of  Italy,  with  a  soil 
of  unrivaled  fertility,  producing  all  the  leading  agricul- 
tural products,  and  fruits,  common  to  both  sections  of 
the  country,  with  mineral  wealth  of  the  value  of  which 
none,  not  even  the  most  sanguine,  have  formed  any 
conception,  and  which  needs  only  capital  and  enterprise 
to  develop,  and  which  will  ultimately  invite  the  capital 
and  industry  of  the  world  abroad,  with  facilities  in  the 
way  of  water  power  unequalecl  in  all  the  broad  land, 
and  with  many  other  advantrges  which  cannot  be  enu- 
merated. Y\Te  can  look  forward  to  the  future  of  East 
Tennessee  with  pride  and  pleasure.  Indeed,  the  im- 
agination is  bewildered  in  attempting  to  picture  East 
Tennessee,  when  it  shall  become,  what  it  is  destined  to 
be,  and  that  not  in  the  distant  future. 

Under  the  inuueuce  of  this  enterprise  and  others  of 
a  kindred  character,  we  believe  that  in  less  than  fifty 
years,  your  line  of  railroad  will  become  a  great  national 
highway,  with  a  double  track,  extending  from  the 
banks  of  the  Ohio,  through  East  Tennessee,  down  to 
the  sea,  passing  through  towns  and  cities,  the  seat  of 
commerce,  civilization,  and  an  enlightened,  happy  peo- 
ple. 

With  such   an  enterprise  confided  to  us,  with  such 


14  REPORT. 

mighty  interests  involved,  I  think  I  can  safely  appeal 
to  the  Stockholders,  and  to  the  country  at  large,  to 
promptly  give  us  such  additional  aid  as  will  insure  the 
early  completion  of  this  great  work.  I  might  well  en- 
ter into  a  more  extended  discussion  of  the  subject,  hut 
as  it  is  not  a  legitimate  subject  in  a  report  of  the  char- 
acter I  am  now  making,  I  desist  from  further  remarks. 

We  have  assurances  that  the  work,  both  on  our 
northern  border,  through  Kentucky,  and  our  southern 
boundary,  through  North  Carolina,  will  be  prosecuted 
under  the  auspices  of  the  States  of  Kentucky  on  the 
one  hand,  and  North  Carolina  on  the  other,  aided  by 
the  enterprise  and  liberality  of  private  enterprise  to 
completion  at  no  distant  clay. 

The  space  occupied  in  making  this  report  forbids  any 
attempt  on  my  part  to  give  you  a  detailed  account  of 
the  efforts  made,  and  the  steps  already  taken  on  both 
our  northern  and  southern  borders,  to  complete  this 
great  work.  I  refer  you  to  the  correspondence  with 
leading  public  men  as  well  as  the  action  of  the 
Legislature  of  North  Carolina  and  the  published  histo- 
ry of  the  times,  as  well  as  the  Report  of  the  Engineer 
in  Chief  for  more  accurate  information  on  this  subject 
—with  the  assurance,  however,  that  there  can  be  no 
doubt  of  the  early  completion  of  the  connecting  lines 
at  both  extremities  of  your  road. 

In  closing  this  report  and  also  my  brief  official  ca- 
reer as  the  President  of  the  Board  of  Directors,  I  beg 
leave  to  return  my  sincere  acknowledgment  for  the 
kind  and  gentlemanly  manner  in  which  I  have  uniform- 
ly been  treated  by  each  and  every  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  and  all  other  officers  of  the  Com- 
pany, and  although  in  my  official  acts  I  may  have  com- 
mitted errors,  because  to  err  is  human,  yet,  I  have  the 
consolation  of  knowing  that  it  has  been  my  constant 
and  earnest  purpose  to  labour  for  the  success  of  this 
great  enterprise,  in  which  all  have  so  deep  an  interest, 
and  that  I  may  be  permitted  to  express  the  hope  that 


MirORT.  15 

the  future  conduct  and  management  of  your  road  may 
be  entrusted  to  more  able  and  efficient  hands,  and  to 
say  in  conclusion  that  I  shall  labour  for  the  success  of 
the  work  in  the  future  as  with  sincere  a  desire  fox  its 
successful  completion  in  private  life  as  I  have  endeav- 
ored to  do  in  my  brief  official  carreer. 

C.  E.  CARRIGER,  1'resident. 


REPORT  OP  THE  CHIEF  ENGINEER. 


OFFICE  C.j  C  G.  AND  C.  RAILROAD  COMPANY,      > 
Morristwx,  Tenn.,  May,  15th,  1867.  \ 

To  the  President  and  Directors  : 

Gentlemen:- — In  July,  1SGG,  after  a  suspension  of 
four  years  in  the  construction  of  the  Southern  Division 
of  your  road,  the  work  was  resumed  under  the  provis- 
ions of  the  contract  made  in  August,  1860,  with  J.  "W. 
Patton  &  Co. 

By  reference  to  this  contract  and  the  records  of  the 
Company  it  will  be  seen  that  the  work  is  being  prosecu- 
ted b}r  the  Chief  Engineer,  and  for  information  in  re- 
gard to  the  disbursements  connected  with  the  discharge 
of  this  duty,  reference  will  be  made  to  the  Report  of 
M.  Carriger,  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who  is  also  the 
acting  Treasurer  of  the   Engineer. 

It  now  becomes  my  duty,  and  affords  me  pleasure, 
to  present  for  your  information  and  consideration,  the 
following  statement  of  operations  from  that  to  the 
present  date  : 

The  Legislature  of  1865—6,  had  loaned  the  credit  of 
the  State  to  your  Company,  to  the  extent  of  $100,000 
in  bonds  of  the  State  of  Tennessee.  With  this  sum 
and  the  Iron  Bonds  due  on  the  first  twelve  miles,  the 
iron,  chairs,  spikes  and  cross-ties  were  provided  in  suf- 
ficient quantity  to  reach  the  French  Broad  River,  and 
the  work  of  repairing  the  road-bed  and  laying  the  track 
was  commenced  late  in  the  fall  of  1866,  and,  under  un- 


REPOET. 


17 


favorable  eirenmsta&ces  prosecuted  until  the  rigor  of 
winter  prevented  further  operations. 

In  the  meantime,  a  smail  grading  force  had  been  or- 
ganized to  finish  the  grading,  (mainly  completed,)  of 
the  second  section  of  10  miles,  as  well  as  a  force  to  re- 
build a  fallen  pier  of  the  French  Broad  Bridge  which 
had  been  thrown  down  by  the  freshet  of  September 
27th,  1SG1. 

About  the  1st  of  March  last,  the  laying  of  track  was 
resumed  under  a  contract  entered  into  with  Messrs. 
John.  Pryde  and  R.  W.  Petty,  who  have  prosecuted 
the  work  with  commendable  energy  to  its  present  ter- 
minus near  the  French  Broad  River.  They  have  laid  a 
superstructure  that  will  compare  favorably  with  the 
best  in  the  Southern  ^States.  A  substantial  trustle  has 
been  erected  at  Long  Creek,  in  lieu  of  the  trussed 
bridge  which  formerly  spanned  that  stream. 

The  contract  for  building  the  superstructure  of  the 
French  Broad  Bridge  was  taken  by  A.  L.  Maxwell,  of 
Macon  Ga.,  formerly  of  Knoxville,  Term.  The  timber 
and  irons  are  all  ready  awaiting  the  completion  of  the 
track  to  the  river  and  the  rebuilding  of  three  piers, 
which  were  thrown  down  by  the  immense  drift  and 
rapid  current  of  the  late  great  flood  of  March  6th,  1867, 
and  which  caused  such  destruction  of  life  and  property 
throughout  a  large  section  of  our  country.  This  great 
deluge  stands  without  a  precedent  in  our  history,  hav- 
ing risen  at  the  site  of  the  French  Broad  Bridge,  eight 
feet  higher  than  that  of  September,  1861,  which  was 
then  believed  to  have  been  the  highest  within  the  recol- 
lection of  the  oldest  inhabitant. 

The  roadway  from  the  French  Broad  to  near  the 
Pigeon  Bridge,  was  almost  entirely  submerged,  and 
many  of  the  cross-ties  for  that  section  were  carried 
away,  but  it  may  be  some  gratification  to  learn,  that 
the  road-bed  received  but  little  damage.  One  of  the 
piers  of  Pigeon  Bridge  was  partially  destroyed  by  the 
heavy  drift  and  great  rise  in  the  Pigeon. 


IS  RKflofiT-. 

The  resistance  of  ill's  masonry  io  the  large  masses 
of  drift,  until  the  water  reached  the  topmost  points  of 
the  piers,  under  a  current  of  such  velocity,  is  sufficient 
demonstration  of  their;  ility,  to  have  withstood 

any  former  .freshet  of  which  we  have  any  correct  record. 

The  General  Assembly  of  IS 56-7,  acting  in  a  spirit, 
of  enlightened  liberality,  which  should  challenge  the 
admiration  of  all  the  friends  of  an  enlightened  pro- 
gress in  the  developments  of  the  material  interests  of 
this  heautiful  section  of  country,  extended  you  further 
aid  to  the  extent  of  fiive  hundred  thousand  dollars,  in 
the  Bonds  of  the  State  of  Tennessee.  This  princely 
donation  on  the  part  of  the  State,  enabled  you,  in  your 
judgment,  to  enter  upon  the  prosecution  of  the  work 
to  the  North  Carolina  State  line.,  and  in  accordance 
with  }mur  instructions,  the  road  was  re-located  to  the 
"Rock,"  and  the  principal  part  of  the  grading  sub-let 
to  contract  on  the  1st  day  of  March  last,  to  be  com- 
pleted within  the  present  year. 

The  contractors  have  generally  commenced  their 
work,  raid  doubtless  will  prosecute  it  with  that  degree 
of  energy  necessary  to  insure  its  completicn 
by  the  time  stipulated  in  their  contracts.  It  may  be 
further  stated  that  the  work  has  been  lei  upon  very 
favorable  terms  to  the  Company,  and  at  such  rates,  it 
is  hoped,  as  will  fairly  remunerate    the  contractors. 

As  soon  after  the  flood  as  practicable,  steps  were  ta- 
ken to  rebuild  the  piers  at  the  Trench  Broad,  and  a  con- 
tract was  made  with  Mr.  George  Croft  to  quarry,  cut 
and  deliver  the  additional  stone  required,  lie  has 
been  engaged  for  near  two  months,  in  the  prosecution 
of  this  work,  (which  by  far  is  the  most  tedious,)  and 
has  now  a  considerable  amount  of  storm  ready  for  the 
mason,  and  is  held  firmly  bound  to  supply  the  materi- 
als as  fast  as  it  can  be  placed  into  position  in  the  piers. 

The  mason  work  will  be  commenced  as  soon  as  the 
boats  arc  readyTand  they  wore  contracted  for  soon  af- 
ter the  quarrying  was  commenced,  and  will  be  delivered 


REPORT.  19 

about  the  20th  instant.  It  is  contemplated  to  build 
this  masonry  by  hired  mechanics,  working  under  the 
immediate  eye  of  a  supervisor,  thereby  guarding 
against  every  incentive  that  could  induce  the  introduc- 
tion of  defective  work,  and  taking  all  steps  which  can 
be  taken  of  insuring  the  best  quality  of  work  and  a 
bridge  of  sufficient  stability,  to  withstand  the  force  of 
a  similar  freshet,  although  such  an  one  may  not  again 
occur  during  the  next  century.  The  height  of  the 
bridge  will  have  to  be  raised  from  eight  to  ten  feet 
higher,  involving  considerable  additional  expense  upon 
the  approaches.  A  full  estimate  will  put  the  damage 
to  road  from  high  water,  at  a  sum  not  exceeding 
$10,000 

Negotiations  for  the  purchase  of  nine  hundred  and 
ten  (910)  tons  of  iron  rail,  for  the  purpose  of  laying 
the  second  section  to  the  Pigeon  depot,  opposite  the 
county  site  of  Cocke,  have  recently  been  opened,  and 
the  purchase  will  be  made  at  the  earliest  clay  possible. 

Rails  are  selling  at  much  higher  prices  than  formerly, 
commanding  in  the  New  York  market  about  $54  CO  in 
gold  per  ton. 

The  size  and  quality  desired  is  frequently  not  to  be 
obtained  upon  short  notice  in  New  York,  and  should 
an  order  have  to  go  to  England,  it  must  necessarily, 
cause  considerable  delay.  From  all  the  information 
we  have  obtained  upon  the  subject  of  rails,  which  is  the 
large  item  of  cost  in  our  operations,  we  are  satisfied 
that  the  rail  of.  American  manufacture,  similar  in  char- 
acter to  the  best  English,  will  cost  about  $10  00  per 
ton  more  than  the  latter.  If  this  be  so,  and  such  is 
the  information  obtained  from  different  sources,  it  is 
unquestionably  our  interest  to  purchase  the  English  in 
preference  to  the  American  rail,  even  should  the  trans- 
action require  a  little  longer  time. 

Eveiy  exertion  will  be  made  to  carry  the  products 
of  Cocke  county,  the  ensuing  fail,  from  the  Pigeon  de- 
pot. 


20  KEPOET. 

If  we  can  accomplish  this  we  shall  have  sufficient 
length  of  road  to  pay  at  least  running  expenses  and 
maintenance  of  way.  This  course,  with  reference  to 
Cocke  country,  is,  in  my  judgment,  a  wise  one.  By  car- 
rying this  great  improvement  to  the  very  heart  of  their 
county,  you  aid  largely  in  the  rapid  development  of 
one  of  the  finest  agricultural  sections  in  East  Tennes- 
see, and  for  such  liberality  upon  the  part  of  the  Com- 
pany, we  may  reasonably  expect  a  corresponding  one 
on  the  part  of  her  enterprising  citizens,  to  the  extent 
at  least,  a  handsome  county  subscription,  to  aid  you  in 
your  onward  effort,  to  open  up  to  her  rich  fields  and 
fine  manufacturing  facilities  the  commercial  marts  of 
the  south. 

The  legislature  at  its  late  session,  having  also  ex- 
tended material  aid  to  the  northern  end  of  your  road, 
and  the  Board  having  ordered  the  location  and  prepa- 
ration for  contract  of  the  first  ten  miles  north,  extend- 
ing from  Morristown  to  Bean's  Station,  a  corps  of  En- 
gineers in  charge  of  Mr.  J.  S.  Morrison,  Assistant  En- 
gineer, entered  upon  that  duty  the  loth  instant.  -  It  is 
probable  that  this  part  of  the  line  will  be  ready  for 
contractors  by  the  first  day  of  July  next,  and  should 
you  concur,  a  notice  of  the  same  should  soon  be  pub- 
lished. 

This  determination  of  the  Company  to  push  forward 
the  work  north  as.  well  as  south,  will  surely  not  pass 
unheeded  by  the  good  people  of  Grainger  and  Clai- 
borne Counties.  They  too  have  sections  of  fine  coun- 
try to  develope,  they  too  are  deeply  interested  in  open- 
ing an  avenue  to  the  southern  markets,  and  they  too 
should  aid  to  the  extent  of  their  ability  and  doubtless 
will,  when  properly  called  upon,  do  all  they  can  to 
strengthen  the  efforts  of  the  State  and  present  Stock- 
holders to  complete  at  an  early  day  .this  very  important 
line  of  railway. 

The  Machine  Shops,  under  the  direction  of  Major 
E.  X.  Underwood,  Master  Mechanic,  are  beins  pushed 


REPORT.  21 

forward  as  rapidly  as  possible.  For  particulars  in  his 
department,  reference  will  be  had  to  his  report. 

Before  closing  it  may  not  be  improper  to  add,  that 
former  reports  from  this  department  have  so  fully  and 
elaborate!)'  set  forth  the  great  importance  of  this  en- 
terprise to  all  the  country  and  interests,  remotely  or 
directly  connected  with  it,  that  it  would  be  a  work  of 
repetition  to  extend  this  communication  further,  and  as 
such,  not  calculated  to  throw  any  new  light  upon  the 
subject. 

That  our  efforts  here  on  the  Tennessee  link  of  iron 
way  that  is  to  connect  Louisville  and  Cincinnati  with 
Charleston  on  the  Atlantic,  have  been  eminently  condu- 
cive to  a  general  forward  movement  in  the  States  north 
and  south  of  us  is  alone  an  ample  reward  for  all  your 
sacrifices. 

When  you  met  the  11th  day  of  July  last,  in  the  sol- 
itude and  silence  of  those  grand  old  mountains  at  the 
"  Line"  to  confer  with  your  contractors,  and  to  pledge 
anew  your  devotion  to  the  good  work,  you  had  no  en- 
couragement from  abroad  and  but  a  gloomy  prospect  at 
home.  It  was  indeed  the  "  day-spring  "  of  your  fu- 
ture success.  You  were  then  weak  and  feeble,  now 
you  are  strong  and  able.  You  then  had  no  cheering 
voice  from  Kentucky  and  all  was  despondency  in  the 
Carolinas.  Nov/  they  wish  you  all  success  and  are  no- 
bly nerving  themselves  to  meet  you  at  your  termini. 
"Will  you  succeed  ?  Yes.  Under  such  auspices  how 
could  you  fail  ? 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  gentlemen, 

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REPORT  OF  THE  MASTER  MECHANIC. 


MORPJSTOWX,  TEXX.,  MAY  1st  18G7. 

To  the  l*residmt  and  Directors  of  tlie   Ciucinnatir 
Cumberland  Gap  and  Charleston  Hailroad. 

Gentlemen  :  Since  my  connection  with  your  Road 
as  Master  Mechanic,  I  have  been  engaged  in  getting 
materials  and  machinery  for  a  shop  of  sufficient  capa- 
city to  build  the  cars  for  the  Road,  and  to  repair  en- 
gines. I  have  not  made  as  rapid  progress  as  I  wished, 
owing  to  the  limited  means  of  getting  lumber. 

The   Machine   Shop  is  now  undergoing  repairs  and 
will    soon    be    completed.        The     Stationary   House 
has    been  erected  and   is   nearly  ready   for  use.     The 
Blacksmith's   Shop  is  framed  and  will  soon  be  put  up. 
The  machinery  purchased  for  the  Shop  consists   of 
one  Stationary  Engine  and  Boiler.     One  line  of  Shaft- 
ing, 80  feet  long.     One  Wood  Planning  Machine.  One 
Upright  Drill.      One   Bolt  Cutter.      Two  Saw  Arbors 
for  Cutting  off  and  Spliting  Saws.     One  Turning  Lathe. 
All  of  which  has  arrived  except  the  Stationary  Engine 
and  Turning  Lathe.     For  expence  of  Machinery,  &c, 
I  refer  you  to  appended  list  (A.)    showing  the  prices 
in  currency.     This  Machinery  has  been  purchased  at 
the  best  shops  in  the  country,  and  is  of  approved   con- 
struction and  was  purchased  with  a  view  to  the  great- 
est efficiency  and  economy.  * 

The  Stationary  Engine  wis  purchased  of  the  celo- 


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brated  shop  of  the  Washington  Iron  Works,  of  New- 
burgh",  New  York,  is  now  on  the  way  hero  with*  the 
Turning  Lathe.  The  Shops  will  soon  be  completed 
■with  the  Machinery  running  ready  for  operations. — 
The  Locomotive  ordered  from  the  Rhode  Island  Loco- 
motive Works  is  completed  and  is  on  the  way  here. — ■ 
The  Engine  is  of  large  capacity,  and  will  be  adapted  to 
either  freight  or  passemrer  Trains.  The  resolution  of 
the  Board  naming  the  Engine  after  the  Hon.  DeWitt 
C.  Center  has  been  compled  with. 

I  have  built  one  Turn  Table  for  the  road,  and  am 
getting  materials  for  another  for  Hie  Southern  termi- 
nus of  the  Road. 

Respectfully  submitted , 
E.  N.  UNDERWOOD,  Master  Mechanic, 


EXHIBIT  A. 

One  Stationery  Engine  and  Boiler,  complete,  .  .         .    $4,100  00 

One  Iron  Turning  Lathe,           500   00 

One  Bolt  Cutting  Machine, 750  00 

One  Upvmo'ht  Drilling  Machine, 450  00 

One  Wood  Planing  Machine, 1,050  00 

One  Line  of  Shafting, 240  50 

Two  Saw  Arbors,      " "74  00 

Expense  of  Engineer  and  Fireman         .  575  00 
Expense  of  Engine  Hire  of  the  E.  Tenn.  and  Va.  Railroad  Co.  1,550  91 

Expense  of  Oil,  Waste  and  Tallow, 71   00 

Other  Materials  and  Labor 455  90 

Expense  on  Turn  Table.         .                  1,083  89 


Officers  for  tbe  Ensnmg  Year. 


PRESIDENT: 

DEWITT  C.  SENTER. 

CHIEF  ENGINEER: 

R.    C.    McCALLA. 

SECRETARY  AND  TREASURER 

M.  R.  MURRELL, 

MASTER  MECHANIC  : 

E.  N.  UNDERWOOD. 


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